Walmart WPDN R7T40WWHF1 firmware

Did you successfully boot the CWM? It should have a menu on it above a picture of Andy. When booted, it should give you R/W access.Also note that depending on what you had on there earlier, the directory /data may not exist, so use /system instead.

Yeah, but boy was it a gigantic PITA... Man that default recovery is terrible. I got CWM on there now, so it's not so terrible but cripes...

Yeah, but boy was it a gigantic PITA... Man that default recovery is terrible. I got CWM on there now, so it's not so terrible but cripes...

What ROM would be the most stable on these things?

Hopefully now you can write to the beast with adb. I'd suggest going back and reading this entire thread with special emphasis on Giant Wookie's instructions and my later ones. Download the file from Giant Wookie's post, and use adb to push then flash the 4 .img files, and you should be good to go as described above.

I held the vol+ button and power switch until the orange progress appeared. It went roughly 25% then blacked out and unable to power on again.

The orange led only comes up briefly when I it plug in or press the reset button.

Connecting it via usb makes my pc "ding" and I can access the external sd card.

running the command "adp devices" does not detect the pdn. (I'm using win7 64. Do I need to do this on xp?)

Is using the serial connection the only thing left to revive it?

I've successfully talked with Win7 x64. Make sure you have the necessary S3C6410 driver installed for it to work.You should be able to find a driver at:http://www.the-digit...-the-Novel1.zip

No guarantee your machine will work with it. It took me 3 different computers before I found one that saw the Novel.Once you're there, go back and read *all* this thread before trying anything. It will be worth your time to do so.

Hi RRA, thanks for checking in and helping out. I've gotten adb to detect the device, however it "failed to copy 'recovery.img' to '/data/misc': Read-only file system" just like edeboss said. So I downloaded mac1_131's clockwork recovery file MAC1_CWM_RECOVERY_C1SL20_20120224_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zip from post #51 (page 3) and placed it (as is i.e. zipped) in the external sd card. Held the vol+ and pwr buttons for up to a minute but the screen never blinks nor turn on.

I'm assuming you have the R7T40WWHF1 version (see the sticker on the back of the reader). If so, go back to mac1_131's earlier post and download his file MAC1_CWM_RECOVERY_C1SL20_20120224_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zipPlace it on an external SD card, or the internal one if you don't have an external card. Make sure you have no other .zip or .dat files on either card. Hold down the volume+ key and press and hold the power on button. Hold both for about 15 seconds (on mine, the screen first comes on, then about 13 seconds later it blinks). After that, it should start flashing the CWM file. Wait till it's complete. The next time you do this, it should boot into the CWM screen. Once there, you should be able to connect with adb and have a writable filesystem. Then you can follow Giant Wookie's instructions (as I paraphrased just above) to unbrick it.

Edit: read post #44 where Joseph Pruitt said to replace 'data' path with 'system' and that allowed the recovery.img and kernel files to be written to the device

But then I got the shell issue reported by wfutch. Downloaded and pushed the sh file from post #46 and now when I run adb shell, it says:

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Permission denied (13) -

Edit 2:unplugged the 5v adapter and disconnected the battery. waited a while, plugged them back in. had MAC1_CWM_RECOVERY_C1SL20_20120224_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zip in external sdcard. held power switch and vol+ = nothing.

sometime later...about to try the FRAMEREVERT_AND_SDK7_02_24_2012_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zip file, but pc couldn't detect device when I connected the usb cable. I pressed the reset button and held the power switch and the blue screen started up! I can access adb shell now!

so I pushed and flashed the recovery and kernel files and rebooted. now I'm stuck at the blue startup screen again.

I tried flashing with the MAC1_CWM_RECOVERY file again but the blue screen doesn't change. I can't even power it down.

I continued with Giant Wookie's post #69 and flashed the four img files he provided and rebooted.

had to unplug the adapter and battery to shut down.plugged back in and finally flashing MAC1_CWM_RECOVERY_C1SL20_20120224_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zipandy shows up with yellow progress bar going. fingers-crossed!

Does this mean it was running the 2012 OP Firmware? If so, it seems I have to wait until more research is done on the 2012 OP.

Anyway, I ruined it by following an outdated article's suggestion to flash "Jackbox's second version" OP_JB_S20_10_10_23_G_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zip

Then I found my way here to recover it and did the above (previous post) in hopes to recover it. Can't get past blue screen but able to boot into clockworkmod. (similar to what Giant Wookie said in his first post. I'm guessing the blue screen is the loop issue?) Not entirely sure where it stands at the moment. Been plowing through this forum reading all sorts. Much appreciation for all the work done in this community.

Does this mean it was running the 2012 OP Firmware? If so, it seems I have to wait until more research is done on the 2012 OP.

Anyway, I ruined it by following an outdated article's suggestion to flash "Jackbox's second version" OP_JB_S20_10_10_23_G_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP.zip

Then I found my way here to recover it and did the above (previous post) in hopes to recover it. Can't get past blue screen but able to boot into clockworkmod. (similar to what Giant Wookie said in his first post. I'm guessing the blue screen is the loop issue?) Not entirely sure where it stands at the moment. Been plowing through this forum reading all sorts. Much appreciation for all the work done in this community.

I think you're flashing the wrong images. Look in the PandigitalOEM.zip you downloaded from Giant Wookie's link and look in the "dd images from ########### device" directory. Those are the images I used, not the ones in CWM-backup.

I think you're flashing the wrong images. Look in the PandigitalOEM.zip you downloaded from Giant Wookie's link and look in the "dd images from ########### device" directory. Those are the images I used, not the ones in CWM-backup.

THANKS RRA!! (and Giant Wookie)

When I originally flashed the 4 img files, I did not have the cwm recovery program as Giant Wookie instructed so I didn't use the reboot option in the menu. (so I did it out of order and needed to flash the img files again)

When I originally flashed the 4 img files, I did not have the cwm recovery program as Giant Wookie instructed so I didn't use the reboot option in the menu. (so I did it out of order and needed to flash the img files again)

Dude I know this was like forever ago but you are awesome man, thanks so much, keep up the good work. I bricked 2 devices at once and have been searching for hours and doing countless unnecessary things, and this SIMPLE step brought me back, wow your awesome, THANKS. You deserve a cookie. ..... No wait take the whole freaking jar.
I MADE AN ACCOUNT JUST TO THANK YOU LOL.

Dude I know this was like forever ago but you are awesome man, thanks so much, keep up the good work. I bricked 2 devices at once and have been searching for hours and doing countless unnecessary things, and this SIMPLE step brought me back, wow your awesome, THANKS. You deserve a cookie. ..... No wait take the whole freaking jar.I MADE AN ACCOUNT JUST TO THANK YOU LOL.

Hey, I just wanted to confirm that Mac1s FW worked for me. I have the White PD Novel 7 Inch and I had a black screen from downgrading SL20 to S10. I wouldn't have done it in the first place if I wasn't so dyslexic. Lol. I flashed twice and everything seems good so far. Thanks a lot for everyones input and all the effort put in.

Hey, I just wanted to confirm that Mac1s FW worked for me. I have the White PD Novel 7 Inch and I had a black screen from downgrading SL20 to S10. I wouldn't have done it in the first place if I wasn't so dyslexic. Lol. I flashed twice and everything seems good so far. Thanks a lot for everyones input and all the effort put in.

Have a great day guys !

cheers, cody...

Dude I know this was like forever ago but you are awesome man, thanks so much, keep up the good work. I bricked 2 devices at once and have been searching for hours and doing countless unnecessary things, and this SIMPLE step brought me back, wow your awesome, THANKS. You deserve a cookie. ..... No wait take the whole freaking jar.I MADE AN ACCOUNT JUST TO THANK YOU LOL.

ok i dont know where to start after fryinig my brain for 2 days i finally got past the black screen, now am at the PD start up screen but it dont get to the part where the loading bar is at the bottom it just stays at the screen where it says something about java on the bottom, i used the .zip in post #51 the CWM recovery i had to do reset after i placed the card in it for it to read it, but i cant do nothing in the boot loader because the install zip from sd and all the other options all say "E:cant find misc" i can also use adb to push recovery and kernel to it but only to system not data, i get a read only prob. and i cant flash img i get the... i dont remeber what it said but it ended in [20]. im sure u all have seen it way more times then i have so hopfully u know what i mean., and yes this is that weird walmart white one. any help from any one would be very nice

never mind i see why it was saying that, i was hitting the power button to try to make a selection just figured that was it because thats how it is on my thunderbolt, didnt know u tap the screen in bootloader, but any who i tryed installing update from sd card in CWMit says finding update package... opening update package...E:cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted., i have tryed wipe user data and wipe everything and turned all permissions on and tryed and turned the off and tryed all get same result. get andy on his back with belly open and a red "!"

never mind i see why it was saying that, i was hitting the power button to try to make a selection just figured that was it because thats how it is on my thunderbolt, didnt know u tap the screen in bootloader, but any who i tryed installing update from sd card in CWMit says finding update package... opening update package...E:cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted., i have tryed wipe user data and wipe everything and turned all permissions on and tryed and turned the off and tryed all get same result. get andy on his back with belly open and a red "!"

Try following the exact steps laid out by Wookie. This is not a normal Android install, PD really FUBAR on this one.

ok witch post by Wookie are u talking about tho, it looks like all of Wookie's post are way over my head. untill the intructions can be dumbed down for me iim just gonna try this http://www.slatedroi...365#entry441365 from Joseph Pruitt.

ok witch post by Wookie are u talking about tho, it looks like all of Wookie's post are way over my head. untill the intructions can be dumbed down for me iim just gonna try this http://www.slatedroi...365#entry441365 from Joseph Pruitt.

Good luck with that. These tablets are terrible, and you have to be very careful as they are not the same as the other tablets. the model is very specific.

ok witch post by Wookie are u talking about tho, it looks like all of Wookie's post are way over my head. untill the intructions can be dumbed down for me iim just gonna try this http://www.slatedroi...365#entry441365 from Joseph Pruitt.